General Characteristics

County (administration): Plzeň Region
District (town): Rokycany
Cadastre: Medový Újezd
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1234, 12343
Geological region: Barrandien Palaeozoic; Blanice Furrow
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 1014

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Natural outcrops expose the Cambrian Jince Formation of the biozone Hydrocephallus lyelli. The sediments consist of fissile shales with an admixture of silty and sandy siliciclastics. The shales contain faunal remains, mainly brachiopods. The boundary between the Cambrian and Ordovician is also well exposed.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: paleontology, stratigraphy, geology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: fossils fauna, outcrop
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: claystone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature monument
Additional information: See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (declared as Geological Locality)
Part of the Geopark: Barrandien
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Kraft, J. (1983): Chráněná a k ochraně navržená paleontologická naleziště Rokycanska. - Sbor. Západočes. Muz. v Plzni, Příroda, 45, 1-51. Plzeň.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Kraft Jaroslav, 24.06.93
Updated by: Steinová Marika 23.09.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1014 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-27]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1014.

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